Georges Laval Garennes Extra Brut 2020

Georges Laval has been run by Vincent Laval since 1996, although the family history goes back several generations as winegrowers in the village of Cumieres, near the heart of Champagne. Vincent's champagnes have their own style: fermentation in old 228-litre Burgundy barrels, no filtering or fining, no dosage or minimal sugar before bottling, minimal sulphur addition (around 20 mg/l). Garennes Extra Brut is made with Meunier and some Chardonnay, in this case labelled Extra Brut with a dosage of just 1 gram of sugar per litre. The base of this wine comes from the 2020 vintage, but to add complexity it is blended with reserve wines from 2013 to 2019.